At CW, 90210 (1.2/4 in 18-49, 2.4 million viewers overall) was in line with its week-earlier second-season premiere, but the second episode of MELROSE PLACE (1.0/3 in 18-49, 1.8 million viewers overall) fell off more than 20% from its series launch. In the net's core demo of women 18-34, 90210 placed second in its timeslot (2.3/7) and "Melrose" settled for fourth (1.7/5).
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